Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria on Monday asked the
Federal Government to tell Nigerians the whereabouts of their leader, Sheikh
Ibraheem el-Zakzaky and his wife.
They wondered that three weeks after the arrest and subsequent
detention of the Shi’ite leader and his wife by the Nigerian Army, neither the
members nor their immediate family members had access to them.
In a statement issued by the President of the Islamic Movement
Media Forum, Ibrahim Musa, said members of the movement were anxious of the
whereabouts of their leader.
He said holding the Shi’ite leader incommunicado “smacks of
deceit, conspiracy and outright manipulation of the public’s view of the army’s
massacre in Zaria.”
Musa said, “The condition and whereabouts of the Islamic
Movement’s leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky as well as that of his wife, are
still unknown, three weeks after their arrest and detention by the Nigerian
military.
“The Islamic Movement as well as the general public are now
seriously anxious.
“Where is Sheikh Zakzaky and why has he been denied his
constitutional rights to an attorney, bail and visitation?
“If the government is truly interested in finding a peaceful way
out of this crisis the army initiated and executed, as the government wants the
public to believe, it should by now have allowed an unimpeded access to Sheikh
Zakzaky.
“First and foremost, his first family members and leading
brothers of the Islamic Movement and his doctor should have met him by now,
since he was shot by the soldiers when they attacked his residence.
He added, “We are highly agitated by this seeming needless
incommunicado the Sheikh has been placed in.
“The Federal Government should tell the public where Sheikh
Zakzaky is, because rumours of various degrees are flying about his health.
“We believe it is only when the Sheikh’s health condition is
made public by the relevant authorities that the tension brewing among the
populace will be doused.”
Source:
The Punch
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